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Special Report: Finger Lakes Region Economic Profile Office of the NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER Special Report: Finger Lakes Region Economic Profile Orleans Monroe Wayne Genesee Seneca Ontario Wyoming Yates Livingston New York State Comptroller THOMAS P. DiNAPOLI AUGUST 2017 Executive Summary • The Finger Lakes Region of New York State includes nine counties: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates. It is home to over 1.2 million people (6.1 percent of the State’s population), mostly concentrated in Rochester and its suburbs. • The economy of the Rochester metropolitan area has historically been largely high-tech industrial. International optics and imaging industry leaders Eastman Kodak, Bausch + Lomb and Xerox drove the City’s growth through the 1980s. However, the significant downsizing of Kodak over the past 30 years and the reduction of the other two companies’ presence in the City have created extraordinary economic challenges since that time.1 Nonetheless, this industrial legacy has created opportunities for new businesses spurred by the skilled workforce and the region’s physical infrastructure. • Beyond the metro area, the economy is largely agricultural. Roughly 21 percent of the State’s total farmland — producing milk, apples, grapes and wine – is in the Finger Lakes Region.2 Tourism is another major economic driver, especially around the area’s pristine, glacially created lakes. • The Finger Lakes Region boasts several major higher education institutions that graduate individuals with skills in high-demand fields. However, retention of this skilled workforce has proven difficult. • Another major challenge is the large number of unemployed and often unskilled laborers living in rural and urban pockets of persistent poverty. • Countering these challenges, the Region benefits from relatively low housing costs, property taxes and unemployment rates, as well as relatively high wages in important sectors of the economy, most notably science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). • Economic development efforts to attract and develop more high-tech manufacturing in the Rochester area have benefitted from the area’s existing strengths. For example, public schools are coordinating with universities to educate local students in STEM areas. 2 Special Report: Finger Lakes Region Economic Profile Geography The Finger Lakes Region covers 4,676 square miles and is named for the long, narrow lakes of its southeastern counties. It is bounded by Lake Ontario to the north and bisected from east to west by the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90, as shown in Figure 1).3 The City of Rochester and its urban and suburban neighborhoods dominate Monroe County, reaching south into Ontario County. Several smaller cities and villages are located throughout the Region, but much of the area remains rural. The natural landscape, Figure 1 especially its ample water resources, has The Finger Lakes Region been conducive to the development of vineyards, Lake Ontario dairy and specialty Orleans agriculture. Eco- and Rochester culinary tourism draw Wayne visitors to the area’s scenic Monroe lakefronts and gorges Batavia and to its hundreds of Genesee wineries, breweries and Canandaigua Ontario Geneva related businesses. The Seneca Cayuga Genesee River and Erie Lake Wyoming Canandaigua Seneca Canal historically provided Lake Lake Livingston an economic advantage for Yates 4 industry. Recent upgrades Keuka Lake to recreation trails along both waterways celebrate Interstate Highways Indian Reservations Finger Lakes Villages this history. Finger Lakes Cities Finger Lakes Towns Special Report: FingerIndustrial Lakes Region Development Economic Agencies Profile 3 Demographics Population The population of the Finger Lakes Region was 1,212,929 in 2016, with 62 percent residing in Monroe County.5 Rochester, with a population of nearly 209,000, is by far the Region’s largest single municipality. (For county demographics discussed in this section, see Figure 3. For cities and selected towns, see appendix.) Following significant growth Figure 2 from 1950 to 1970, the Region’s overall population Percentage Change in Regional and State Population by Decade growth slowed dramatically, 18.4% as shown in Figure 2. Still, 20.0% 17.1% the Region outperformed the 15.0% 13.2% Finger Lakes New York State State in population increases through 1990. Between 2010 10.0% 8.7% and 2016, estimates indicate 5.5% 5.0% 3.2% 3.3% that the Region’s population 1.2% 2.5% 1.5% 2.1% decreased by 0.4 percent, 0.0% compared to a statewide -5.0% -3.7% increase of 1.8 percent.6 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 The Finger Lakes Region’s population is generally much Source: U.S. Census Bureau. less diverse than the State’s. Most of the counties are between 87 and 96 percent white non-Hispanic, compared with 57 percent statewide. Monroe, at 72 percent, is the most diverse county, mostly due to Rochester, home to a significant concentration of Black, Hispanic and foreign-born individuals. This is also true of some of its surrounding towns. The Town of Brighton, for example, has a particularly high percentage of foreign-born and Asian residents (18.0 and 10.8 percent, respectively). 4 Special Report: Finger Lakes Region Economic Profile Figure 3 Demographic Indicators, Finger Lakes Region Counties New York State Genesee Livingston Monroe Ontario Orleans Seneca Wayne Wyoming Yates Population estimate, 2016* 19,745,289 58,482 64,257 747,727 109,828 41,346 34,777 90,798 40,791 24,923 Population, percentage change, 2000-2010** 2.1% -0.5% 1.7% 1.2% 7.7% -2.9% 5.7% 0.0% -2.9% 3.0% Population, percentage change, 2010-2016* 1.8% -2.4% -1.5% 0.4% 1.5% -3.5% -1.3% -3.2% -3.2% -1.7% Persons per square mile* 419 119 102 1,138 171 106 107 150 69 74 Persons under 14 years 17.8% 16.9% 15.4% 17.8% 17.2% 16.5% 16.7% 18.2% 16.2% 18.7% Persons over 65 years 14.3% 16.9% 15.3% 15.0% 17.1% 15.7% 16.7% 16.0% 15.0% 17.8% Median age 38.1 42.7 40.1 38.5 43.1 42.2 42.3 43.1 41.1 41.5 White persons 64.6% 92.2% 93.3% 76.0% 93.4% 89.5% 92.1% 93.1% 91.8% 97.2% Black persons 15.6% 2.8% 2.4% 15.3% 2.5% 6.1% 4.5% 3.4% 5.7% 1.0% Asian persons 8.0% 0.7% 1.4% 3.5% 1.2% 0.6% 0.7% 0.6% 0.4% 0.5% Persons reporting two or more races 2.9% 1.9% 2.0% 2.7% 1.7% 1.8% 2.1% 1.6% 1.3% 0.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 18.4% 3.0% 3.3% 7.9% 4.1% 4.5% 3.1% 4.0% 3.2% 2.0% White persons not Hispanic 56.8% 90.9% 91.2% 71.6% 90.8% 86.8% 89.7% 90.4% 89.8% 95.5% Foreign-born persons 22.5% 2.3% 3.3% 8.3% 3.7% 3.4% 2.1% 2.8% 1.7% 1.8% Languages other than English spoken at home 30.4% 3.6% 6.1% 12.9% 7.0% 6.2% 5.9% 4.3% 4.3% 13.3% Median household income $59,269 $50,880 $51,734 $52,553 $57,416 $46,359 $49,292 $50,798 $52,564 $49,510 Bachelor's degree or higher 34.2% 20.0% 23.6% 36.2% 31.7% 15.4% 20.2% 20.6% 15.2% 23.7% Owner-occupied housing units 47.7% 68.1% 64.7% 59.5% 65.2% 65.5% 60.7% 68.4% 65.8% 54.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures 50.8% 20.0% 19.0% 30.4% 20.9% 18.3% 14.0% 16.5% 16.4% 10.2% Vacancy rate of housing units 11.1% 6.6% 11.1% 7.3% 10.5% 13.4% 16.1% 11.9% 12.5% 29.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units $283,400 $107,000 $121,200 $138,600 $145,700 $91,300 $97,000 $112,900 $102,000 $124,200 Owner costs exceeding 30% of income 38.2% 25.0% 25.1% 26.6% 24.4% 29.7% 24.0% 27.4% 21.7% 28.7% Renters costs exceeding 30% of income 53.9% 49.4% 55.3% 56.1% 51.2% 55.8% 50.9% 52.1% 44.6% 50.4% Child poverty rate (%) 22.2% 20.5% 18.8% 23.0% 13.5% 21.9% 15.9% 18.5% 17.1% 21.5% Source: U.S. Census Bureau; All data are from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey, except as indicated. * 2016 Population Estimates ** 2000 and 2010 Census Special Report: FingerIndustrial Lakes Region Development Economic Agencies Profile 5 Median Household Income Median household income in each of the nine counties is below the State median. Ontario County ($57,416) was the highest in 2015, while Orleans County ($46,359) was the lowest. (See Figure 3.) City median household Figure 4 incomes were lower than those of suburban towns. The Median Household Income, Cities and Selected Large Towns, 2015 City of Rochester has one of the lowest median household Town of Pittsford incomes ($30,960) in the Town of Perinton Town of Penfield Region, while several towns Town of Ogden exceeded the State median. Town of Webster (See Figure 4.) Town of Brighton Town of Chili Growth in median income Town of Henrietta has been relatively slow Town of Greece New York State in recent years. Monroe Town of Irondequoit $59,269 County’s grew 8.2 percent Town of Gates City of Canandaigua from 2007 to 2015 and City of Batavia Ontario County grew 5.8 City of Geneva percent, whereas the State's City of Rochester grew by 13.7 percent.7 $0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000 Source: U.S.
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